self-driving cars

Observers of the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry could be forgiven for thinking that the technology has hit something of a wall. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) disabled its Autopilot feature last month; Waymo's AVs get into near-weekly collisions in its Phoenix testing area; Uber Freight halted its...

Last quarter’s fatalities involving autonomous vehicle technology were seen to justify some of the concerns voiced by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) bears. Critics were confident the crashes would dent consumer enthusiasm toward self-driving cars and, in one case involving the Model X, weigh...

Semiconductor manufacturers are clawing to become the core drivers of the autonomous vehicle industry, and three have emerged at the vanguard.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the undisputed leader with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) still...

The shift toward self-driving cars is expected to make numerous services unecessary and put a substantial number of people out of work. But Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV)’s an exception, according to one market analyst.
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Baird Equity Research's David Leiker upgraded Autoliv to...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is partnering with Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) and Uber to embed its artificial intelligence technology into their respective fleets, according to announcements made Monday at the CES conference.
Volkswagen will infuse NVIDIA’s Drive IX platform in its...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is making progress on autonomous vehicles with its camera-only approach, but other manufacturers sold on LiDAR have been stunted by the sensor’s high expense and limited manufacturability.
“The self-driving car industry has been held back for the last two years...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) stirred the markets Tuesday with news of its groundbreaking supercomputer capable of supporting fully autonomous vehicles. The announcement drove Nvidia shares to the $190 level.
But for all the excitement, the world’s first artificial intelligence computer...

This week’s auto news inspired conflicting tones on the timeline for autonomous vehicle deployment.
On the one hand, General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) hyped analysts with announcements of its accelerated test-fleet rollout. Both Citigroup and Deutsche Bank professed that GM would beat peers...

Traditional automakers have been dismissed as stragglers on the trail toward autonomy. General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), skeptics said, could crumble under the “innovator’s dilemma” and cede to the likes of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA).
But things are starting to look up for the time...